PMID- 17119205
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20061219
LR  - 20061122
IS  - 0077-8923 (Print)
IS  - 0077-8923 (Linking)
VI  - 1076
DP  - 2006 Sep
TI  - Endocrine disruptors: challenges for environmental research in the 21st century.
PG  - 228-38
AB  - During the past 10 years, there has been a worldwide decline in the use and human 
      exposure to many chemicals, including pesticides and persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs). However, a new generation of chemicals that have endocrine 
      disrupting (ED) potential have emerged. Their presence in the environment and 
      concomitant levels in humans are prevalent, although the sources of these 
      contemporary-use industrial chemicals are not entirely identified. They include 
      the phthalates, alkylphenols, brominated diphenyl ethers, and perfluorinated 
      organics (PFOCs). The alkylphenols, especially bisphenol A, are potent EDs. 
      Levels vary by geography, race/ethnicity, age and gender, and human health 
      effects are just beginning to be assessed. This article discusses the toxicology, 
      human exposure, and potential health effects of EDs that are likely to be 
      important in the 21st century.
FAU - Wolff, Mary S
AU  - Wolff MS
AD  - Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 
      New York, NY 10029, USA. mary.wolff@mssm.edu
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ann N Y Acad Sci
JT  - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
JID - 7506858
RN  - 0 (Endocrine Disruptors)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Endocrine Disruptors/*toxicity
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*toxicity
MH  - Humans
EDAT- 2006/11/23 09:00
MHDA- 2006/12/21 09:00
CRDT- 2006/11/23 09:00
PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/12/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/11/23 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 1076/1/228 [pii]
AID - 10.1196/annals.1371.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Sep;1076:228-38. doi: 10.1196/annals.1371.009.